The Best Day Ever: Grainne + Niall's Timeless Wedding at Dromquinna

Grainne and Niall's pretty real wedding is both elegant and timeless, but what makes it really special is the big effort they put in to make sure everyone had the best day ever. Choosing the scenic venue of Dromquinna, Grainne and Niall developed an exhaustive list of activities in the locality to choose from in the run up to the day, as well as a whole host of entertainment elements on the wedding day and day after. And as you can see from those romantic images by Into The Light the effort totally paid off...

Grainne recounts how she and Niall first met..."Niall and I met at a friends 30th on the 6th March 2010. I had to keep cancelling our first date as I was acting in a play, Niall offered to come down and meet me after the play but I was worried he'd arrive early and see me playing this awful dark character! So instead we arranged a date a few weeks later. Dinner and drinks, we hit it off straight away."

Four years later Niall and Grainne travelled to New Zealand for a month, to travel and celebrate Grainne's brother's wedding in Auckland. Embracing the sense of occasion and romance Niall proposed on a secluded beach on a beautiful sunny January evening.

Eager for their wedding guests to have just as much fun as them on their wedding day Grainne and Niall chose a wedding venue in Co.Kerry, near the sea and lots of other fun activities. Grainne told us..."We knew that it was our day, but we also wanted to make it a weekend for everyone to remember! We made out a bucket list of things to do in the area and sent it with the invitation so that people could get excited and plan what they wanted to do . It was great to see our guests literally ticking off the bucket list the week of the wedding. The area is absolutely magnificent and we didn't want people to leave without having experienced some of what it had to offer, after all that's why we chose Kerry."

On the wedding day itself Grainne and Niall once again pulled out all the stops to ensure their guests had the best time..."We wanted to look after our guests from the moment the ceremony started till the end of the celebrations to ensure they enjoyed themselves! Therefore a bus was organised to take all the guest to and from the venue both the day of and day after the wedding. We had lawn games during the reception and a photo booth to entertain. We organised a babysitter so that the mums and dads could have a pleasant undisturbed meal. We organised drinks in the town before the wedding and then a wonderful after party down by the Pier in Dromquinna the next day with cool vibes from 'Skazz' band, sea views to die for and sunshine to boot! We followed this with a late bus into town to the local nightclub for the party animals amongst us!"

To help ease the pressure on Grainne and Niall to make their wedding the best day ever, friends and family got involved with Grainne's sister-in-law's mum doing all of the flowers and Grainne's brother Feárghal acting as MC for the night.

Having planned all this fun and beauty in just six months Grainne and Niall have some advice to help you plan your own perfect wedding day..."If your short of time setting up a wedding website is a quick and efficient way of getting information and save the dates out! Get people involved, it makes it so much more about everyone else than just about the two of you and really adds to your enjoyment of the day. Set someone the task of recording the various elements of the day, the vibe, sounds, music, speeches, atmosphere... You just need snippets to remember! Lastly, don’t sweat the small stuff. Believe us it's hard not to do...... but at the end of the day, it is the one day in your lives when you know everyone in that room is rooting for you both."

Big congratulations to you both and thanks so much for sharing your beautiful wedding day with us all! A big thank you also goes to Into The Light Photography for sharing their work with us. To see more from Into The Light visit www.macias-lordan.com